Spargapeithes (Agathyrsian king) explained

Spargapeithes (Scythian: ;^[1] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:Σπαργαπείθης|Σπαργαπειθης]]|translit=Spargapeíthēs; Latin: Spargapeithes) was the name of a king of the Scythic tribe of the Agathyrsoi.

Name

Spargapeithes's name originates from the Scythian name, and is composed of the terms, meaning “scion” and “descendant,” and, meaning “decoration” and “adornment.”^{[2] [1]}

The name of Spargapeithes and that of the Massagetaean prince Spargapises (Scythian:) are variants of the same name,^[2] and both forms, and, are cognates of the Avestan name (Avestan: {{script|Avst|⸱).

Reign

According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Spargapeithes treacherously killed the Scythian king Ariapeithes.

Sources

• Book: Hinz, Walther .

  de:Walther Hinz

  . 1975 . Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberleiferung . Old Iranian Language from Collateral Sources . German . . . 3-447-01703-1 .
• Kullanda . Sergei .

  ru:Кулланда, Сергей Всеволодович

  . 2014 . External relations of Scythian . Journal of Language Relationship . . . 11 . 1 . 81-90 . 10.31826/jlr-2014-110110 . 30 April 2023 . free .
• Schmitt . Rüdiger . Rüdiger Schmitt . 2003 . Die skythischen Personennamen bei Herodot . Scythian Personal Names in Herodotus . de . Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli l'Orientale . 63 . 1–31 . 26 July 2022 .
• Book: Schmitt, Rüdiger . Rüdiger Schmitt . 2011 . Iranisches Personennamenbuch . Book of Iranian Personal Names . de . 5.5a . . 341–342 . 978-3-700-17142-3 .
• Book: Sherwin-White . Susan M. . Kuhrt . Amélie . Amélie Kuhrt . 1993 . From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire . . . 978-0-520-08183-3 .

See also

• List of rulers of Thrace and Dacia

Notes and References

1. Web site: SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE . Schmitt . Rüdiger . Rüdiger Schmitt . 2018 . .
2. Web site: MASSAGETAE . Schmitt . Rüdiger . Rüdiger Schmitt . 2018 . .